But those events are national based events as part of a tour. The equivalent to the WSC is the World Cups and World Championships in various sports that move venues. Hearn is right to question whether the WSC should only take place in Sheffield. Probably worked years ago, but the game has grown and the Chinese and Asia markets are huge.
Nothing stays the same forever..as long as hearn is in charge it will leave for Saudi,..if it isn't already agreed... whether you like it or not..money talks. Davis is his puppet..sitting on the fence looking the other way Fair play to docherty for speaking up...but it will leave, and it will end up on pay per view TV....just like boxing..
Hearn is money only he dont care for anything but cash , there is more to life than money , hes just greedy ,lets hope hes not around in 27 , has he not got enough ? plain greed disgusting man
Money makes the world go round unfortunately and Snooker needs to move with the times, more capacity means lots more fans to the sport, Snooker is in need of a big shake up like darts etc
Hearn is a liar and a disgrace. He said a few years back he will make sure it will stay in Sheffield as long as the council want it. This is an end of an era for Snooker. It will probably leave the BBC and be on some PPV service. What about all the old hardcore fans who loves going to Sheffield every year? Hearn is souless sad day.
No council in England has £40/50 million to build a new 3,000 seater Crucible. Barry is talking tosh with this one.. All about the money for him. Nothing else..
They can build a new venue in Sheffield but that wont provide the money to compete with multi billionaires who want to own sports. If money is the main issue then it is clearly madness for Sheffield council to put up the money for a new theatre as they will face the event leaving at the end of the contract
No council in England has £40/50 million to build a A New Crucible seating 3,000 spectators. I agree with some of his points. Unrealistic for a New Crucible though. My fears are The Arabs will throw their pocket change at the sport, offering millions in Prize money. Snooker Tournament's may disappear altogether in GB. When O'Sullivan goes, Snooker won't be the same. Just happy/fortunate to of seen such a unique amazing player in my life time.
Just wait until it moves to China, 8hrs ahead of UK time, and you've got to get up at 4am to watch the first session of a big game. Hearn is a busted flush. The big players will break away sooner rather than later and the BBC won't keep buying the game forever. They're skint also, and we've been reduced to Women's football and Wheelchair Rugby.
Questions if the Snooker World Championship moves: Will a move from the Crucible mean more money for the low-ranking players? Will snooker become more popular globally? Will all these people who can't get tickets for the Crucible go to Saudi Arabia or China to watch the World Championship? Do the Saudis who want the World Championship there like snooker or care about the success of snooker? Will the BBC show a World Championship held abroad? Will the tournament be over 17 days, with the current length of games? Will the rules be stay the same? Will they fill the arena(s)? Will the money agreed be guaranteed if a moved World Championship flops? Will there be a split in snooker like there was in Darts?
As much as the crucible is an iconic venue it’s not sustainable to stay there long term in its current set up, 980 capacity is criminally small for a world championship, they wouldn’t be doing their job if they weren’t looking at options. How many other events have stayed 50 years at the same venue? It’s the way of the world folks, doesn’t make them greedy mercenaries
Wimbledon has been going since 1877. Loads more amigo.... You can make new tournaments to fill your desires but a world championship played in Beijing or south of France won't really cut it
@@upyegoWimbledon is essentially the british open, not a world championship so your comparison is nonsense. I dont want it go to china, however its called the world championship, theres an indisputable rationale for it to go round the globe. Its just arrogance to expect it to remain on our doorstep every single years. Move with the times and deal with it numb-nuts
This is God speaking Barry - when you either reach the pearly gates or somewhere significantly warmer, your pockets are empty. My recommendation to you is to show some heart and soul while living your physical life. It will have a bearing on where your spiritual everlasting soul will reside. Right now, the bookies are heavily backing you to have a very hot future. You can change it!
Im sure if he really cared, he could build a new venue himself, he's not short of a few quud. I would be heart broken to see this event go somewhere else.
The arena is too big. The Crucible as the intimacy. You're close to the table and the players. In the arena, you would have to watch on big screens. Hearne just wants my money in is greedy pockets
Not a single fuck given to the British economy, he needs to consider his grandkids and the surroundings they will live in as more and more business and sport leaves because those at the top want more money than they could ever spend.
Ken Doherty spoke the truth so did steve Davis as well you can have all the money in the world but it does not always buy health and happiness ronnie o,sullivan is greedy as well he is a bad loser as well
Snooker is dead in the West without OSullivan, it has an aging audience and snooker clubs been shutting down for decades. So he is wanting to move to where the money and audience is. However its a case of Britain selling off more of its heritage..football, boxing, golf for some bucks. British public are losing out and it takes the shine off something when you ignore its history and heritage. Like these football teams that move to souless out of town stadiums, they can never get it back once you sell the soul.
sorry to break it to you but it ain't a English tournament it is the World Championship NOT the English Championship we have had a Canadian a Belgian an Australian three Irish men a Welsh man and Four Scottish men win plus Chinese Thai Iranian and other nationalities have played in it so i am not sure just how English it is
@@stewartmcrae8007 it's always been held in England, therefore making it an English tournament. Yes different nationalities play in it, as do the majority play in most tournaments. Considering the Australian and the dinks, move to England to play snooker, I'd say it's very much an English tournament.
@@sicdoctor well it won't be held in England much longer you better start saving your dole money for the next three years to pay for the flight to Riyadh
@@stewartmcrae8007 firstly, I'm not on the dole, secondly, my taxes paid in England, help pay your services in Scotland.. Such as your countries nhs, and further education, and thirdly, I wouldn't set foot in any muslim country.
@@sicdoctor you wouldn't set foot in any Muslim country why is that exactly are you part of the Tommy Robinson brigade and you are not paying for my services in Scotland because I don't live there never have and never will
They make it up as they go folks. Hearn always said this is a “Meritocracy”. I don’t quite see that Barry given female players get to skip over cue school. You said it before, your place on tour is based on merits. It looks like it’s based on gender.
Its like saying the cheltenham festival, the best meeting for horce racing over jumps, could go round the world. Could you imagine the grand national being held anywhere but aintree? No, of course you cannot. No, these events are famous for where they are, and the history created there by great sports moments Just glad people who own liverpool did not listen to people like hearn, or anfield would not exist anymore Money is important in sports, that some places transcend money, and have a history that cannot be created elsewhere
Match room are supposedly the " greatest sports " promotion in the world. Here's a suggestion if you want a purpose built arena then match room YOU build it problem solved.
Barry’s a clown. Holding Sheffield hostage with an impossible ask while insinuating snooker isn’t wanted there. Take emotion and history out of any sport and its value to fans is zero.
@user-cw5qp7ty9t because like anything in life the world moves on to bigger and better things like it or not. The Crucibles not fit for purpose in this day and age need to be attracting more people with bigger better venues hospitality etc
@jamiepr1991 speak for yourself, but i guarantee if world snooker put out a poll i bet more people would vote for the world championships to stay at the crucible.
yes the crucible is a absolute dump I didn't notice it in the Hendry era when I was a kid but when I have went as a adult a few times you realise what a absolute nightmare it is
It is that simple, because all these sports were made that way Its just people like hearn, that destroy the mystery of sport Look at football today players being sold for 100million, and earning 100,000s every week, and they do nout on the field of play. Tell us who the heck needs 100,000s every week? Who needs wages like this? No one on earth needs money like footballers get today, no one. Most of these players are not performing to get anywhere near this. Thats what money has done to football Arsenal left highbury because of people like this, and its cost arsenal there mystery of highbury, that can never be replaced West ham had to leave upton park, and today the east of london is losing its heritage of the cockneys of london, and the heart of london. Ask west ham fans today if they regret going to a souless stadium in stratford? Most of them will say they cannot stand the new stadium Just glad liverpool stayed at anfield, and no one on earth can deny the mystery of anfield on champions league nights, anfield is world famous, and liverpool are one of the biggest clubs in the world, and they gave up the chance to move and say good bye to anfield. Just glad they did, what ever you think about liverpool, all football fans love to see anfield on champions league nights. Arsenal in the real world, yep got more seats, but they threw away who they were at highbury, and what that stadium meant to them. No one knows what energy is, and how it works on buildings, and collects. These money mad people destroy the soul of sport, just because he does not believe in the mystery of sports, does not mean most people are like him. Most people love the mystery associated with sports, and certain arenas. So many of the snooker players today, started playing because of the crucicble I stopped watching arsenal in 2002, because they announced they would leave highbury. Never will i watch them again, and makes me laugh all these years they have failed, as they threw away highbury as there home. He should ask west ham fans about there souless new stadium, that took away what the west ham fans enjoyed at upton park. Money mad people like hearn. Just how much money do sports people need to play sports? Just how much? Hear hearn, living in real world. How much effing money do sports people need? These people can get paid fortunes if they are good players for appearence money. I do not doubt ronny osullivan is paid fortuines so he will not retire. How much money do these people need? Like ken said, these countries who want the world championships, should make there own competing competitions, but they do not want too, as they know it cannot compete with the history of the crucible.
Not a fan of Hearn, but he raises points of merit from a business position. The equivalent to the WSC are the World Cup and World Championships in various sports like Athletics that move venues. Hearn is right to question whether the WSC should only take place in Sheffield now and the crucible being the right venue. Probably works when wider interest in snooker was UK focused, but the game has grown massively and the Chinese and Asia markets are huge.
It's called the World Championship. Why restrict it to Sheffield? It should be played at varioys venues around the world like the World Cup. Snooker is a global sport and fans around the world should be allowed to enjoy in their various countries.
Alot of what he's saying is exactly right. I'm not saying everything but if you're so stuck in the past, such a dinosaur that you don't entertain evolving the most basic things then you are harming the sport. He's trying to be reasonable, you can see he wants to make this work. He needs people and Sheffield to actually support his efforts not this horrible tearing down of people that you're trying to do here.
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He talks like a used car salesman persuading you to buy a ringer
thats what he is , a snakeoil salesman, a conman
You can have major tournaments in Saudi Arabia, you wouldn’t take Wimbledon, St Andrews or the grand national anywhere else, leave the crucible alone
But those events are national based events as part of a tour. The equivalent to the WSC is the World Cups and World Championships in various sports that move venues. Hearn is right to question whether the WSC should only take place in Sheffield. Probably worked years ago, but the game has grown and the Chinese and Asia markets are huge.
Well said
Barrys long term Pet Steve not saying much 😂
Isn’t he just, it’s almost like he was told to say what he did
Nothing stays the same forever..as long as hearn is in charge it will leave for Saudi,..if it isn't already agreed... whether you like it or not..money talks.
Davis is his puppet..sitting on the fence looking the other way
Fair play to docherty for speaking up...but it will leave, and it will end up on pay per view TV....just like boxing..
Hearn is money only he dont care for anything but cash , there is more to life than money , hes just greedy ,lets hope hes not around in 27 , has he not got enough ? plain greed disgusting man
Yes he is money above everything ejj oh se but if it wasn’t for Barry Hearn we all wouldn’t be enjoying as much snooker on t v as we are 🤷♀️
Money makes the world go round unfortunately and Snooker needs to move with the times, more capacity means lots more fans to the sport, Snooker is in need of a big shake up like darts etc
if you watch snooker, you can thank him - tell me who has done more to create the industry that supports the game? Swim away.
@@garethparr9482 of course he is you cannot buy anything without it
Hearn is a liar and a disgrace. He said a few years back he will make sure it will stay in Sheffield as long as the council want it. This is an end of an era for Snooker. It will probably leave the BBC and be on some PPV service. What about all the old hardcore fans who loves going to Sheffield every year? Hearn is souless sad day.
No council in England has £40/50 million to build a new 3,000 seater Crucible. Barry is talking tosh with this one..
All about the money for him. Nothing else..
I agree Alan you are completely correct
@@classictv5979 No he isn't
England is being stripped of everything it loves 😢
😂😂😂😂😂😂 boo hoo hoo dry your eyes and quit your whining crybaby
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They can build a new venue in Sheffield but that wont provide the money to compete with multi billionaires who want to own sports. If money is the main issue then it is clearly madness for Sheffield council to put up the money for a new theatre as they will face the event leaving at the end of the contract
No council in England has £40/50 million to build a A New Crucible seating 3,000 spectators.
I agree with some of his points. Unrealistic for a New Crucible though.
My fears are The Arabs will throw their pocket change at the sport, offering millions in Prize money. Snooker Tournament's may disappear altogether in GB.
When O'Sullivan goes, Snooker won't be the same. Just happy/fortunate to of seen such a unique amazing player in my life time.
They don't need to build one, there are arena's in most major cities.
@@tfootball8704 Exactly. There is one in Sheffield.
Money talks bullshit walks
Just wait until it moves to China, 8hrs ahead of UK time, and you've got to get up at 4am to watch the first session of a big game. Hearn is a busted flush. The big players will break away sooner rather than later and the BBC won't keep buying the game forever. They're skint also, and we've been reduced to Women's football and Wheelchair Rugby.
Wait until the Low Emission Zone becomes active to Joe Public. Let’s see how many oldies turn up as the Nissan Sunny doesn’t meet emissions regs 😂
Emotion , drama , heritage and history far outweighs...GREED
He’s sold out already wait and see
Course he has and the cop-out will be the council don't have the money for his new venue hence he's been 'forced' to go over to China..... $$$$
Questions if the Snooker World Championship moves: Will a move from the Crucible mean more money for the low-ranking players? Will snooker become more popular globally? Will all these people who can't get tickets for the Crucible go to Saudi Arabia or China to watch the World Championship? Do the Saudis who want the World Championship there like snooker or care about the success of snooker? Will the BBC show a World Championship held abroad? Will the tournament be over 17 days, with the current length of games? Will the rules be stay the same? Will they fill the arena(s)? Will the money agreed be guaranteed if a moved World Championship flops? Will there be a split in snooker like there was in Darts?
You should have asked the questions, great points.
Thanks.
Clever tactics tempt the players to earn more money and when there on side we have no say… money money money
This is an opportunity for anyone with right sound mind to take,over from Barry at Sheffield.. Barry is not snooker.. That’s the real world..
And who gets the money ? Barry.
As much as the crucible is an iconic venue it’s not sustainable to stay there long term in its current set up, 980 capacity is criminally small for a world championship, they wouldn’t be doing their job if they weren’t looking at options. How many other events have stayed 50 years at the same venue? It’s the way of the world folks, doesn’t make them greedy mercenaries
Wimbledon has been going since 1877. Loads more amigo.... You can make new tournaments to fill your desires but a world championship played in Beijing or south of France won't really cut it
@@upyegoWimbledon is essentially the british open, not a world championship so your comparison is nonsense. I dont want it go to china, however its called the world championship, theres an indisputable rationale for it to go round the globe. Its just arrogance to expect it to remain on our doorstep every single years. Move with the times and deal with it numb-nuts
This is God speaking Barry - when you either reach the pearly gates or somewhere significantly warmer, your pockets are empty. My recommendation to you is to show some heart and soul while living your physical life. It will have a bearing on where your spiritual everlasting soul will reside. Right now, the bookies are heavily backing you to have a very hot future. You can change it!
Im sure if he really cared, he could build a new venue himself, he's not short of a few quud. I would be heart broken to see this event go somewhere else.
Saudi dosh scrambled his noggin.
Why not the Sheffield Arena down the road?
The arena is too big. The Crucible as the intimacy. You're close to the table and the players. In the arena, you would have to watch on big screens. Hearne just wants my money in is greedy pockets
Barry is right, if we all were Pro players, we All want Cash
Barry is a joke, you can see through him, lets take the epsom derby and bring it to the desert, where there is oodles and oodles of sand?
Money talks of course. The players want money not anything else. Money makes a sport
Not a single fuck given to the British economy, he needs to consider his grandkids and the surroundings they will live in as more and more business and sport leaves because those at the top want more money than they could ever spend.
Ken Doherty spoke the truth so did steve Davis as well you can have all the money in the world but it does not always buy health and happiness ronnie o,sullivan is greedy as well he is a bad loser as well
Snooker is dead in the West without OSullivan, it has an aging audience and snooker clubs been shutting down for decades. So he is wanting to move to where the money and audience is. However its a case of Britain selling off more of its heritage..football, boxing, golf for some bucks. British public are losing out and it takes the shine off something when you ignore its history and heritage. Like these football teams that move to souless out of town stadiums, they can never get it back once you sell the soul.
What about who was in Barry's black book.
Epstein.
Greedy. Can’t stand him.
yes...very good point Doherty...but Hearn knows they have to move with the times and create more open space for fans and players alike
Greed greed greed.
Already England/UK lose out to foreigners, now the English tournament is going to lose out to foreigners.
Greed greed greed.
sorry to break it to you but it ain't a English tournament it is the World Championship NOT the English Championship we have had a Canadian a Belgian an Australian three Irish men a Welsh man and Four Scottish men win plus Chinese Thai Iranian and other nationalities have played in it so i am not sure just how English it is
@@stewartmcrae8007 it's always been held in England, therefore making it an English tournament. Yes different nationalities play in it, as do the majority play in most tournaments. Considering the Australian and the dinks, move to England to play snooker, I'd say it's very much an English tournament.
@@sicdoctor well it won't be held in England much longer you better start saving your dole money for the next three years to pay for the flight to Riyadh
@@stewartmcrae8007 firstly, I'm not on the dole, secondly, my taxes paid in England, help pay your services in Scotland.. Such as your countries nhs, and further education, and thirdly, I wouldn't set foot in any muslim country.
@@sicdoctor you wouldn't set foot in any Muslim country why is that exactly are you part of the Tommy Robinson brigade and you are not paying for my services in Scotland because I don't live there never have and never will
They make it up as they go folks. Hearn always said this is a “Meritocracy”. I don’t quite see that Barry given female players get to skip over cue school. You said it before, your place on tour is based on merits. It looks like it’s based on gender.
Its like saying the cheltenham festival, the best meeting for horce racing over jumps, could go round the world. Could you imagine the grand national being held anywhere but aintree?
No, of course you cannot.
No, these events are famous for where they are, and the history created there by great sports moments
Just glad people who own liverpool did not listen to people like hearn, or anfield would not exist anymore
Money is important in sports, that some places transcend money, and have a history that cannot be created elsewhere
Everyone hating on Barry , but no one is listening to him 🤦♂️
Match room are supposedly the " greatest sports " promotion in the world. Here's a suggestion if you want a purpose built arena then match room YOU build it problem solved.
Money talks end of…..im sad to say
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Barry’s a clown. Holding Sheffield hostage with an impossible ask while insinuating snooker isn’t wanted there. Take emotion and history out of any sport and its value to fans is zero.
I visited the crucible last year and it was run down, I was surprised how small it was. looked cramped with the two tables.
That's easy to solve if you don't like the crucible then go to the UK championships or the masters etc ..... why get rid of all that snooker history ?
@user-cw5qp7ty9t because like anything in life the world moves on to bigger and better things like it or not. The Crucibles not fit for purpose in this day and age need to be attracting more people with bigger better venues hospitality etc
@jamiepr1991 speak for yourself, but i guarantee if world snooker put out a poll i bet more people would vote for the world championships to stay at the crucible.
Horrible money orientated human being
yes the crucible is a absolute dump I didn't notice it in the Hendry era when I was a kid but when I have went as a adult a few times you realise what a absolute nightmare it is
It is that simple, because all these sports were made that way
Its just people like hearn, that destroy the mystery of sport
Look at football today players being sold for 100million, and earning 100,000s every week, and they do nout on the field of play.
Tell us who the heck needs 100,000s every week?
Who needs wages like this?
No one on earth needs money like footballers get today, no one.
Most of these players are not performing to get anywhere near this.
Thats what money has done to football
Arsenal left highbury because of people like this, and its cost arsenal there mystery of highbury, that can never be replaced
West ham had to leave upton park, and today the east of london is losing its heritage of the cockneys of london, and the heart of london. Ask west ham fans today if they regret going to a souless stadium in stratford?
Most of them will say they cannot stand the new stadium
Just glad liverpool stayed at anfield, and no one on earth can deny the mystery of anfield on champions league nights, anfield is world famous, and liverpool are one of the biggest clubs in the world, and they gave up the chance to move and say good bye to anfield.
Just glad they did, what ever you think about liverpool, all football fans love to see anfield on champions league nights.
Arsenal in the real world, yep got more seats, but they threw away who they were at highbury, and what that stadium meant to them.
No one knows what energy is, and how it works on buildings, and collects.
These money mad people destroy the soul of sport, just because he does not believe in the mystery of sports, does not mean most people are like him. Most people love the mystery associated with sports, and certain arenas.
So many of the snooker players today, started playing because of the crucicble
I stopped watching arsenal in 2002, because they announced they would leave highbury. Never will i watch them again, and makes me laugh all these years they have failed, as they threw away highbury as there home.
He should ask west ham fans about there souless new stadium, that took away what the west ham fans enjoyed at upton park.
Money mad people like hearn.
Just how much money do sports people need to play sports?
Just how much?
Hear hearn, living in real world. How much effing money do sports people need?
These people can get paid fortunes if they are good players for appearence money. I do not doubt ronny osullivan is paid fortuines so he will not retire.
How much money do these people need?
Like ken said, these countries who want the world championships, should make there own competing competitions, but they do not want too, as they know it cannot compete with the history of the crucible.
Saudi Arabia DOES not want snooker stop deluding the public Hearn.
Parasite
Not a fan of Hearn, but he raises points of merit from a business position. The equivalent to the WSC are the World Cup and World Championships in various sports like Athletics that move venues. Hearn is right to question whether the WSC should only take place in Sheffield now and the crucible being the right venue. Probably works when wider interest in snooker was UK focused, but the game has grown massively and the Chinese and Asia markets are huge.
Barry hearn u speak with forked tongue too many chiefs not enuf Indians .
It's called the World Championship. Why restrict it to Sheffield? It should be played at varioys venues around the world like the World Cup. Snooker is a global sport and fans around the world should be allowed to enjoy in their various countries.
Alot of what he's saying is exactly right. I'm not saying everything but if you're so stuck in the past, such a dinosaur that you don't entertain evolving the most basic things then you are harming the sport. He's trying to be reasonable, you can see he wants to make this work. He needs people and Sheffield to actually support his efforts not this horrible tearing down of people that you're trying to do here.